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casual

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casual in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
    "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"
    casual  cursory  passing  perfunctory 
  2. not showing effort or strain
    "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"; "careless grace"
    casual  effortless 
  3. occurring from time to time
    "casual employment"; "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker"
    casual  occasional 
  4. marked by blithe unconcern
    "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"
    casual  insouciant  nonchalant 
  5. appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
    "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"
    casual  everyday  daily 
  6. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
    "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"
    casual  chance 
  7. natural and unstudied
    "using their Christian names in a casual way"; "lectured in a free-and-easy style"
    free-and-easy  casual 
  8. characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
    "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"
    fooling  casual 
  9. without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
    "a casual remark"; "information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"
    casual 
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